"If you don't mind me asking how exactly do you two low each other?" Alistair asked as they each sank into their respective seats.

"We had a brief meeting earlier today," Leonica vaguely explained, eyes still trained on Owen. "Dotside of the boutique."

"Oh," The agent smiled. Is that so? Well, that makes things even better. Business goes smoothly when communication is made ahead of time." Own Lee

"I couldn't agree more." Leonica finally turned her attention away from Owen and instead, towards his agent.

The negotiating time was rather short, but efficient, thanks to Alistair, and they were able to reach an agreement in a matter of minutes.

"Thank you very much for choosing us." Leonica said, extending her hand to the agent, who returned her gesture.

"No, the pleasure is all ours." He grinned, stepping out of his seat and turning towards his artist. "Owen-"

"Just a second," The blonde held his index finger out to his agent and rose to his feet, eyes trained especially on Leonica as he walked up to her. He was silent for a while, eyes searching hers before he spoke. "You don't... remember me anymore, do you?" Leonica furrowed her brows, confusion evident in her expression. "I'm sorry, what? Am I meant to know you?" She questioned.

And only after she had asked that, did a certain realization hit her.

Disregarding their earlier encounter, she could have sworn that she'd heard Owen's voice somewhere else. Not just his voice, but his accent and way of speaking, it all sounded extremely familiar to her.

But just where had she heard him?

Do You Really Want To Risk it?

-Thirty minutes earlier-

Leone had just finished sorting through the first batch of attending guests when Grace glided down the stairs alone. She glanced up the stairs, expecting the little demon to rush down in his usual energetic state, but he did. ""Where's Ash?" She asked when her son was nowhere to be seen

"The young master fell asleep right after his bath." Grace informed as she descended the last flight of stairs and picked up the dusting reg she had dropped off before going upstairs, about to resume her duties. When she noticed Leonica's unwavering stare on her, she asked. "Should I have stopped him? Perhaps I should have kept him awake so he could sleep better at night?"

"Uh, no. Not at all. It's just," There was a pause in her sentence in which Leonica chuckled to herself. "It's not every day you see Ash fall asleep right after a bath."

her long stare, Grace nodded her head. "Indeed. The Child must have been really exhausted." She reasoned,

displaying the cartoon channel Ashley had been watching late into the night yesterday. Leonica had seen the cartoon a couple of times but never really paid attention to it

head back into the guest list. Unlike her, Grace hung around, folding her arms in front of her as she briefly watched the

glimpse of Grace, who was visibly engrossed in the cartoon she was watching However, Leonica's voice was enough to snap her out. "Ah, forgive me, Ms. Romero, this has become a force of habit. This is Ashley's favorite cartoon, and we watch it together a lot when you are not around. She explained with a subtle bow.. "Ashley's favorite cartoon? Leonica thought, trying to spot the weird booking bunny her son

or turn it off.

once again picked up the remote when she spoke up.

"Yes Madam?"

"Leave it." she instructed

still have a few

favorite character, Sucky

-Present time

finger as soon as the memory resurfaced in

took

precises. However, the response she got from Owen wasn't what she had expected. His smile instantly faded and if she had looked hard enough, she could have seen the

voice actor for the cartoon Character 'Sucky Bunny', right? Leonica repeated, this time around, glancing between the super star and

you know

with confusion as she chuckled and asked. "Was I.. was I

just that when Mr. Lee took on that job, it was kept a secret from the public and till date, not many people are aware that it was him who did the voice acting" Alistair explained. "You

chuckle. "No, not at all" She had said those words so freely that she hadn't expected it to hurt the artist himself. "But my son is at least he's a fan of the character Sucky Bunny," Her

about to answer her question when Owen beat

son?" he

I do. Ashley is

odd, I never saw any article about you being married,

thin smile that she forced. "I'm

peppy. No, to be more precises, he suckkenly looked so happy that he looked like a happy puppy who its owner had just given a full treat. "And your son, Ashley, was it? You say he's

kept gelinge and on about how he wanted that hunny to appear at his birthday -"

"I'll come." He antuneet

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